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Once you have Wyse Management Suite (WMS) installed the next step is to automatically have your devices ‘find’ and check-in into your WMS server. This is accomplished by setting up a few DNS records that include the key WMS server information. I’ve outlined the DNS records that need to be setup and steps to setup on Microsoft Server 2012.

Service Location (SRV) Record

_WMS_MGMT

_WMS_MQTT

Text (TXT) Record

_WMS_GROUPTOKEN

_WMS_CAValidation

Steps to setup Service Location (SRV) Record on Microsoft Server 2012

On your DNS server navigate to the domain you want, then right click on “_tcp”, and select “Other New Records”.

To setup the 2 SRV records, select “Service Location (SRV) from the options.

Setup your record for, “_WMS_MGMT”. This is the FQDN of your WMS server. Use the following options below:

Domain: Your domain name

Service: _WMS_MGMT

Protocol: _tcp

Priority: 0

Weight: 100

Port Number: 443

Host offering this service: your_wms_server, i.e. wms1.dellse.local

Setup your record for, “_WMS_MQTT”. This is a service port WMS uses. This is the FQDN of your WMS server. Use the following options below:

Domain: Your domain name

Service: _WMS_MQTT

Protocol: _tcp

Priority: 0

Weight: 100

Port Number: 1883

Host offering this service: your_wms_server, i.e. wms1.dellse.local

To setup the next 2 records, navigate to the domain you want, select that node, then right click and select “Other New Records”. *Note* do not select a sub node such as _tcp for these records.

Select the “Text (TXT)” Record type:

Setup your record for, “_WMS_GROUPTOKEN”. This is the specific Group Token/Profile that you setup and want to use. Use the following options below:

Record Name: _WMS_GROUPTOKEN

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN): _WMS_GROUPTOKEN.your_domain

Text: defa-labdemo1

This “Text:” field is the key that you want to use. You will get this from your WMS console where you setup your group profile under the key icon.

Setup your record for, “_WMS_CAValidation”. If you are not using an SSL cert (default), then this value needs to be set to ‘False’. If you are using a cert, then this would be set to “True”. Use the following options below:

Record Name: _WMS_CAValidation

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN): _WMS_CAValidation.your_domain

Text: False (or True, if using a cert)

9. Once you have these 4 options setup, you should see the following in DNS;

The following records should be listed under your_domain:

The other 2 records should be listed under, your_domain\_tcp

10. This completes the setup. Once your device boots up and does it’s DNS lookup it will populate the proper fields on the device, in this example, Wyse ThinOS: